Astronomy in the near-infrared - observing strategies and data reduction techniques / Jochen Heidt.
2022
QB470
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Title
Astronomy in the near-infrared - observing strategies and data reduction techniques / Jochen Heidt.
Author
Heidt, Jochen, author.
ISBN
9783030984410 (electronic bk.)
3030984419 (electronic bk.)
9783030984403
3030984400
3030984419 (electronic bk.)
9783030984403
3030984400
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-98441-0 doi
Call Number
QB470
Dewey Decimal Classification
522/.683
Summary
Near-infrared astronomy has become one of the most rapidly developing branches in modern astrophysics. Innovative observing techniques, near-infrared detectors with quantum efficiencies in excess of 90%, highly specialised instruments as well as advanced data reduction techniques have allowed major breakthroughs in various areas like exoplanets, star-forming regions, the supermassive black hole in the Galactic center, and the high-redshift Universe. In this book, the reader will be introduced to the basic concepts of how to prepare near-infrared observations with maximized scientific return. Equal weight is given to all aspects of the data reduction for both - imaging and spectroscopy. Information is also provided on the state of the art instrumentation available and planned, on detector technology or the physics of the atmosphere, all of which influence the preparation and execution of observations and data reduction techniques. The beginner but also the expert will find a lot of information in compact form which is otherwise widely dispersed across the internet or other sources.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 15, 2022).
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Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 467.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Setting the stage - NIR surveys and their calibration
What we have to deal with - the NIR sky
What can be built to deal with that - detectors, instrumentation & AO
Signal-to-noise considerations
Observing & calibration strategies
Data reduction recipes
Taking data above the atmosphere - changes in observing and data reduction principles
Concluding remarks.
Setting the stage - NIR surveys and their calibration
What we have to deal with - the NIR sky
What can be built to deal with that - detectors, instrumentation & AO
Signal-to-noise considerations
Observing & calibration strategies
Data reduction recipes
Taking data above the atmosphere - changes in observing and data reduction principles
Concluding remarks.